1, the essence of the difference: flower eel and tiger eel in the essence of the obvious difference, flower eel is also known as the golden eel, is a kind of gill fish family golden eel genus of animals, also known as the regular fish or snake fish, and the tiger eel is a kind of eel under the class of eel, the appearance of the snake and the snake is very similar to the surface of the body without scales, the essence of the difference between the two is the most important difference.

2, living environment: flower eel and tiger eel in the living environment is also a clear difference, flower eel is a kind of like to live in the rice paddies, creeks, ponds and other silt water layer of fish, in most parts of China are produced, especially the Yangtze River Basin of China higher production, while the tiger eel is like to live in clean water without pollution, is the world's purest aquatic animal, usually like to live in the the zone where freshwater meets brackish water.